January 5, 20242 yr 13 hours ago, Prpn said: I see he has offended a resident YouTube pilot... I have flown a lot in gusty crosswind conditions, and never have I been moving the yoke around like I see some Youtube/social media pilots (real and otherwise) do in their videos. You may need an occasional quick and strong reaction to the wind but afterwards it is slow and steady again. You've landed a lot of airliners in gusty crosswind conditions have you? The only YT pilots I see forcing the yoke like he is trying to mimic are airline pilots, in strong and gusting winds. And no, not offended, I just know for a fact that a trained airline pilot is not going to be overreacting on the controls to show off for a YT video, when they have probably forgotten the camera is there while concentrating on a landing.
January 5, 20242 yr On 1/4/2024 at 8:04 AM, Prpn said: I have flown a lot in gusty crosswind conditions, and never have I been moving the yoke around like I see some Youtube/social media pilots (real and otherwise) do in their videos. You may need an occasional quick and strong reaction to the wind but afterwards it is slow and steady again. I don't know what kind of gusty conditions you have encountered, but I definitely dont' agree. And if this wasn't impressive enough, check this one and watch the speed tape.
January 5, 20242 yr So these guys are just showing off for the cameras according to all the experts here.
January 5, 20242 yr 8 hours ago, scotth6 said: You've landed a lot of airliners in gusty crosswind conditions have you? The only YT pilots I see forcing the yoke like he is trying to mimic are airline pilots, in strong and gusting winds. And no, not offended, I just know for a fact that a trained airline pilot is not going to be overreacting on the controls to show off for a YT video, when they have probably forgotten the camera is there while concentrating on a landing. Believe it or not, but yes, I have. For the past decade or so. I am no 'skygod' myself. And no, I am not suggesting trained airline pilots are just over reacting for the videos. More likely that they have never tried or been trained to use a smoother style of flying achieving the exact same result. I see it in part of our pilot base as well. I have flown with pilots like that, who tend to cause most of the felt turbulence themselves by over controlling. Heck, even in the videos posted by @FDEdev and yourself, I see signs of that kind of flying. It is of course hard to say and judgy if you are not there in the cockpit with them in those conditions. But for example, in the B747 landing it is on autopilot down to roughly 1000' AGL and the turbulence does not appear to get significantly worse. But compare the yoke movements by the autopilot to those of the PIC and you will see some differences. Especially a large plane like the 747 will have some inertia that you are not overcoming by split second yoke inputs in opposite directions. Same for the CRJ guy, a lot of the back and forth movements he makes on the yoke have just about zero impact on the path traveled by the plane. Anyway, apologies if I have stepped on some toes, but in my experience, the guy from the video is spot on in making his point but also clearly exaggerating for entertainment.
January 5, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, Prpn said: Heck, even in the videos posted by @FDEdev and yourself, I see signs of that kind of flying. This comment from an experienced airline pilot like you are leaves me speechless. I couldn't disagree more.
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